A group of motherboard enthusiasts working for GIGABYTE, sharing their insider knowledge and general ramblings of the motherboard business, the tech industry, latest technologies and trends, and other random odds and ends.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

GIGABYTE X99 motherboards are equipped with the GIGABYTE exclusive AMP-UP Audio Technology, which provides the industry’s highest level of onboard audio features and technologies. With GIGABYTE AMP-UP Audio, gamers and audiophiles are able to experience crisp, ultra realistic sound effects while gaming, and the richest possible sound experience when listening to their favorite music and movies.

High end Audio Capacitors and Sound Core 3D

Watch the following video where Colin introduces these many AMP-UP audio features:

Friday, September 19, 2014

If you are looking for the best graphics performance possible, it is very likely that your PC DIY rig features a 2-way, 3 –way or even 4-way SLI or Crossfire configuration. Did you know that X99 PCIe design offered a total of 320Gb/s bandwidth for your multi graphics card configuration? GIGABYTE X99 motherboards feature a unique PCI Express design that utilizes 100% of all 40 lanes from the CPU when in a 4-Way or 3-Way graphics configuration. Standard designs limit all 4 main PCIe lanes to x8(64Gb/s) bandwidth, but thanks to the onboard external clock generator combined with the direct connection of one of the x16 lanes to the CPU (switchless design), GIGABYTE X99 motherboards can unlock the full bandwidth available and provide the best graphics bandwidth possible to the user.

Here is an introduction video of the PCIe design available on GIGABYTE X99 series motherboards.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Even though the GIGABYTE X99 series motherboards were launched only a couple of weeks ago, GIGABYTE star overclockers HiCookie and Sofos1990 did not lose any time to outperform themselves on the X99-SOC FORCE and X99-SOC FORCE LN2. At the time of writing, the two of them lined up a total of 5 World Records on the new Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition platform. Additionally, CL3P20 also manage to push the limits of Intel’s Core i7 5820K by breaking the XTU World Record, bringing the count to 6 WR on GIGABYTE X99 motherboards!! Looks like GIGABYTE’s X99 series is going strong, stay tuned for more records.

Monday, September 15, 2014

GIGABYTE X99 Ultra Durable™ series motherboards use an all digital CPU power design from International Rectifier® which includes both 4th Generation digital PWM Controllers and industry-leading 3rd Generation PowIRstage® controllers. These 100% digital controllers offer incredible precision in delivering power to the motherboard’s most powerhungry and energy-sensitive components, allowing enthusiasts to get the absolute maximum performance from their new Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition CPUs.

Here is an introduction from Colin of GIGABYTE X99 series power design.

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

On an healthy running system, you can easily update your BIOS using the @BIOS option found in the App Center. But in the unfortunate event that both your main BIOS and Backup BIOS becomes unavailable, or that you have a new CPU that requires a different BIOS, you will not be able to boot up your system to access the App Center. That is where QFlash Plus comes handy. Here are the steps to follow to flash your BIOS using QFlash Plus.

- Turn OFF your system and plug in your USB thumb drive in the white USB port located at the BACK I/O panel.

- Turn your system ON and wait for the BIOS to be flashed. This step may take a few minutes, do not reboot your system or remove the USB thumb drive during that process. An LED located next to the white USB port will blink showing that the new BIOS is being uploaded to your system. Once this LED is turned off, the process is complete.